New Bishop Has Existing Connections To W.Va.
Evelio Menjivar-Ayala will serve as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston — which encompasses all of West Virginia — starting in July.
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WVSU Celebrates Two Milestones In Its Land-grant History
This year, West Virginia State University (WVSU) is celebrating 135 years of the 1890 Land-grant University System, as well as 25 years since regaining its land-grant status in 2000.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsGovernor Appoints New Members To WVU Board Of Governors
The governor appointed Charles Wilfong and Terry Hauser to serve on the board Tuesday, fulfilling a new requirement that the state’s land-grant universities have one board member with a background in agricultural sciences.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsRestructuring Of University Boards Would Reduce Role Of Staff, Students
The bill removes the voting rights of board members elected by the faculty, staff and students at all universities and recategorizes those members as “nonvoting, advisory” members.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWVU Set to Launch A New Center to Study Land-Grant Institutions
West Virginia University has created the Center for the Future of Land-Grant Education to study changes that have occurred in higher education during the…
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February 7, 1867: West Virginia University Founded
The state legislature established West Virginia University on February 7, 1867. Morgantown was selected as the site for the federal land-grant…
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